I didn't say words are violence. I said beating people with lit tiki torches is violence.
Yeah, that's true I suppose. It was violence against counter-protesters who fought back (and may or may not have initiated the brawl in the first place) which ended in the whole thing being broken up with tear gas, and one of the marchers being arrested for assault. Not bad.
Oh, and there was that thing with the car terrorism. The actual act of murderous terror that actually occurred at this actual rally.
A single guy road-raging his car into a march hours after the rally = the entire rally endorsing and planning a terrorist attack. The ISIS comparison remains ridiculous
There's an even easier counter to this.
The white nationalists DID engage in violence the night before. When they were marching around with their tiki torches, they actively beat people up. There was no counter-protest until the following day, and it was in response to the violent actions at the white nationalist rally the night before.
I've seen statements online from black people in the area thanking the counter-protest for showing up because they were fucking scared.
So this idea that they were just taking precautions against antifa showing up flies in the face of not only the history of the ideology and its directly stated intents, but also the reality of what actually verifiably happened at this very event in question.
First of all that's blatantly wrong. There was a counter-protest at the Jefferson statue, with a "UVA against fascism banner" and it ended in a brawl. They weren't beating random passerby.
Second of all there's still no evidence that they would've actually attacked anyone. People being scared isn't evidence they were going to end the rally with lynch mobs in the streets.
It's straw men all the way down. And as to the taking away their rights, I can only assume if the only way to keep the peace is to allow nazis the exclusive right to protest in some areas, then that means others don't have the right to protest in said area.
Plus, I like the fact that hey, the KKK used violence and murder throughout it's history for political effect (cough, like ISIS), but again they shouldn't be blamed when they attend a rally that becomes violent, because both sides, am I rite?
I didn't actually see any klansmen there. Again, even if they were, it doesn't mean they were going to lynch passerby.
And yes, it is standard police practice to separate political events full of people that hate each other.
My writings a bit rushed because I'm sort of getting ninjaed over and over.